CJ's 3 1/2 star Jarfi's review reads like 4

[Robin Garr]

Marty was fairly quick to get over to the new Jarfi's Bistro in the former Lentini's, which opened about this time last month. I've been holding back to give them a little time to get their feet on the ground, but it seems such prudence was unnecessary: Marty gives them an absolutely glowing review that leaves me wondering why he didn't give them four stars rather than 3 1/2. It's also a remarkable 841 words, extending to a second page in Scene, possibly the longest review in the paper in recent years.

New Jarfi's Bistro transforms Lentini's

Jarfi's Bistro
1543 Bardstown Road.
(502) 589-5060.
http://www.jarfis.com

I would like to know what kept the place from four stars. Not a negative word about service or food in the review.

Really happy to see the place get such a positive review, as I have been going to that location for food, even before it was Lentinis. Holds good memories. Jeez, I am getting old.

[Robin Garr]

even before it was Lentinis.

Highland Italian? Or was that another Bardstown location? I loved that place ... shallow-dish Sicilian pizza in the old country style.

even before it was Lentinis.

Highland Italian? Or was that another Bardstown location? I loved that place ... shallow-dish Sicilian pizza in the old country style.

Same location. Highland was in the name. The location of Club Grotto also was called the Highland Inn or something similar at one time.

The Lentinis place was run by a WWII vet who had been stationed in Italy during and after the war. He claimed to be the first place to serve pizza in Louisville. I remember he said he couldn't get anybody to buy it until he started giving away a slice with other food. He was a great guy and a few of us hung around there a lot, especially late. The place was there quite a few years in the fifties until about 1961.

Churchill Downs and Brown Forman got the best of him and left the place open for Sonny Lentini.